Hollywood Bowl Group plc operates as the United Kingdom's leading operator of ten-pin bowling and mini-golf centres and Canada's largest ten-pin bowling operator, offering family-friendly entertainment experiences that include bowling lanes, licensed bars, diners serving value meals snacks and sharers, and amusement zones with traditional and state-of-the-art games such as air hockey basketball hoops video games and prize redemption machines; additional features encompass VIP lanes dynamic pricing Pins on Strings technology at-lane drink ordering Nayax tap-to-play contactless payments and Putt & Play mini-golf courses under the Hollywood Bowl brand in the UK alongside Splitsville and Stoked multi-leisure brands in Canada featuring laser tag indoor go-karts ropes courses ziplines and elevated dining. The company maintains 72 centres in the UK predominantly in out-of-town multi-use leisure and retail parks co-located with cinemas and casual dining and 13 large-format centres across Canadian provinces including Ontario British Columbia Alberta and Saskatchewan totaling over 1600 bowling lanes and serving families friends and work groups with affordable fun and healthy competition. Founded in 2010 through the merger of AMF and Hollywood Bowl portfolios and headquartered in Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire England the group listed on the London Stock Exchange Main Market in 2016 and targets 130 centres by 2035 via new builds acquisitions and refurbishments. In fiscal year 2024 ended 30 September the company achieved record revenue of 230.4 million pounds up 7.1 percent invested over 50 million pounds in its estate including ten UK and two Canadian refurbishments four new UK centres via acquisition of Lincoln Bowl and openings in Dundee Westwood Cross and Colchester four Canadian expansions with a custom-built Waterloo Ontario site and the Stoked acquisition in Saskatoon rolled out a new 1.5 million pound customer booking system across the UK with Canadian piloting installed solar panels at three more UK sites reaching 42 percent coverage advanced Pins on Strings to over 90 percent of UK lanes commenced Canadian trials launched 578 new amusement machines and announced a 10 million pound share buyback programme while proposing a final ordinary dividend of 8.08 pence per share for total ordinary payout growth of 2.1 percent.